Many Anne fans find the books in the Acorna series are their least favorite. I believe this is partially due to the fact that they were actually written as Young Adult books, and therefore directed to that audience. However, some of the topics addressed in the Acorna books, in the very first book particularly, are pretty adult. Are they too adult?

I guess it depends on how young the reader is, and how...educated they are to certain realities in this world. But I'm sure there are some parents that wouldn't want their kids reading them before a certain age.

I guess it depends on how young the reader is, and how...educated they are to certain realities in this world. But I'm sure there are some parents that wouldn't want their kids reading them before a certain age.

I'm just going back over Acorna and I certainly wouldn't be reccomending the book to anyone younger than mid-teen. Some of the content is likely to be very disturbing to a very young audience I think. I too like how things aren't too sugar coated but for a book written with younger people in mind it may just be a fraction too up front...
Then again it depends on the child too.

I was just sitting here agreeing that Acorna would probably not be suitable for anyone under mid-teens, when my daughter wandered by. So I asked her how old she was when she first read Acorna, and she thought she was about 13 or 14, and did not remember being fazed by it at all. I was quite surprised - I'm obviously not as careful a parent as I thought I was, but I think they teach them to approach books quite objectively these days.

I was just sitting here agreeing that Acorna would probably not be suitable for anyone under mid-teens, when my daughter wandered by. So I asked her how old she was when she first read Acorna, and she thought she was about 13 or 14, and did not remember being fazed by it at all. I was quite surprised - I'm obviously not as careful a parent as I thought I was, but I think they teach them to approach books quite objectively these days.

It isn't just that, Linmag. It's the fact most of these kids do watch the news, and discuss it among themselves, and I honestl;y don't recall anything in Acorna being more disturbing (or even AS disturbing) as some of the events reported on every day.

hmm...
i dunno. mabey i'm just under-sensitive, but i'm not yet mid-teens, but i didn't find acorna disturbing. realistic yes. mabey it was growing up with all this news. i remember when i was in elementary school and trying to remember a day of non violent news.